8 C.F.R. § 335.1
Investigation of applicant
Subsequent to the filing of an application for naturalization, the Service shall conduct an investigation of the applicant. The investigation shall consist, at a minimum, of a review of all pertinent records, police department checks, and a neighborhood investigation in the vicinities where the applicant has resided and has been employed, or engaged in business, for at least the five years immediately preceding the filing of the application. The district director may waive the neighborhood investigation of the applicant provided for in this paragraph.
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Cited in 47
cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1998–2025 · leading case: Etape v. Chertoff, 497 F.3d 379 (4th Cir. 2007).
Etape v. Chertoff, 497 F.3d 379 (4th Cir. 2007). “8 C.F.R. § 335.1 . The same regulation allows the district director to waive the neighborhood investigation portion.”
Kai Tung Chan v. Mary Ann Gantner, Interim Dist. Dir., United States Citizenship & Immigr. Servs., Docket No. 05-4573-Cv, 464 F.3d 289 (2d Cir. 2006). “§§ 1446-47 ; 8 C.F.R. §§ 335.1 , 335.2, 336.2; see also Aparicio v.”
Nio v. United States Dep't of Homeland Sec., 270 F. Supp. 3d 49 (D.D.C. 2017). “”) (“July 7, 2017 guidance was intended to end all holds, while broadening existing background check resources under 8 C.F.R. § 335.1 , to *57 include DOD enhanced security checks for MAVNI applicants.”
Assem Abulkhair v. George Bush, 413 F. App'x 502 (3rd Cir. 2011). “§ 1446 (b). Upon completion of the examination and all background checks, the USCIS adjudicates the application.”
Hamandi v. Chertoff, 550 F. Supp. 2d 46 (D.D.C. 2008). “§ 1446 (a); 8 C.F.R. § 335.1 . The agency must also conduct an examination of the applicant.”
Al-Maleki v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1200 (10th Cir. 2009). “See 8 C.F.R. § 335.1 (“The investigation shall consist, at a minimum, of a review of all pertinent records, police department cheeks, and a neighborhood investigation in the vicinities where the applicant has resided and has been employed, or engaged in business, for at least…”
Castracani v. Chertoff, 377 F. Supp. 2d 71 (D.D.C. 2005). “8 C.F.R. § 335.1 . Once this background investigation has been completed, and “only after [ ] [BCIS] has received a definitive response from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that a full criminal background check of an applicant has been completed[,]” BCIS notifies the…”
United States v. Hovsepian, 307 F.3d 922 (9th Cir. 2002). “§ 1446 (a); 8 C.F.R. § 335.1 . An INS officer will then interview the applicant.”
Alkenani v. Barrows, 356 F. Supp. 2d 652 (N.D. Tex. 2005). “§ 1446 (a); 8 C.F.R. § 335.1 . Next, the applicant is interviewed by an examiner who is authorized to grant or deny the application.”
United States v. Posada Carriles, 541 F.3d 344 (5th Cir. 2008). “See 8 C.F.R. § 335.1 (investigation to include, among other things, “police department checks”); § 335.”
Sawan v. Chertoff, 589 F. Supp. 2d 817 (S.D. Tex. 2008). “” 8 C.F.R. § 335.1 . The applicant must also “appear in person before a [USCIS] officer” for an “examination,” an in-person interview.”
Ali v. Frazier, 575 F. Supp. 2d 1084 (D. Minnesota 2008). “8 C.F.R. § 335.1 . Further, the applicant must “appear in person before a[CIS] officer” for an “examination” — that is, an in-person interview.”
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